Zeki Fryers

[Trees]

My first bit of ITK. Nothing amazing. Spoke to him and got his autograph for my son in the garage today. When I asked him about his first team prospects, he said that his agent and him were having meetings next week. I said possible loan, he said probable. Not sure what that means for our queue of centre halves ?

No airs and graces, nice polite lad. Credit to club.

 

[Gbspurs]

Makes sense. Should he able to get a decent loan for him.

 

[prawnsandwich]

I would be amazed if he made it at Spurs. Fergie rarely got it wrong. A loan with a view to a sale makes sense. Any idea when his contract ends?

 

[SteveH]

I would be amazed if he made it at Spurs. Fergie rarely got it wrong. A loan with a view to a sale makes sense. Any idea when his contract ends?

Pogba?

 

[ever]

I would be amazed if he made it at Spurs. Fergie rarely got it wrong. A loan with a view to a sale makes sense. Any idea when his contract ends?

Fergie didnt have much say did he? (i may and most likely be wrong) but didnt red nose want him to stay

 

[Supersi32]

Pogba?

Fergie didn`t want to lose Pogba though, Pogba wouldn`t sign a new contact.

 

[markiespurs]

I would be amazed if he made it at Spurs. Fergie rarely got it wrong. A loan with a view to a sale makes sense. Any idea when his contract ends?

As great a manager as Fergie was, he quite often got it wrong when it came to spotting talent.

 

[prawnsandwich]

Pogba?

Nobody's perfect! I did say rarely.

 

[bat-chain]

Pique
Rossi
Gazza
Bale

He's passed over a ton of good players in his time.

 

[markiespurs]

Pique
Rossi
Gazza
Bale

He's passed over a ton of good players in his time.

Not to mention the dross that he has spent big money on

 

[chinaman]

If we get MM, might as well sell Zeki for a small profit.

 

[SteveH]

Fergie didn`t want to lose Pogba though, Pogba wouldn`t sign a new contact.

He should have moved heaven and earth to keep him with a big money contract & first team playing time, could have replaced Paul Scholes. Now worth north of €55m IMHO would love him at Spurs.

 

[MaccSpurs]

Pique
Rossi
Gazza
Bale

He's passed over a ton of good players in his time.

He didn't pass on Gazza or Bale. Both players turned down the chance to sign for United. Fergie actually thought Gazza was a done deal and then found out to his, and United's surprise, he had signed for Spurs.

 

[prawnsandwich]

If we get MM, might as well sell Zeki for a small profit.

He joined 2/1/13 for £3 mill I believe. He would have to have a decent loan period for us to make a profit.

 

[matty74]

I heard palace maybe keen to take him on loan

 

[bat-chain]

He didn't pass on Gazza or Bale. Both players turned down the chance to sign for United. Fergie actually thought Gazza was a done deal and then found out to his, and United's surprise, he had signed for Spurs.

Ah but are you telling me that had he correctly judged Bale or Gazza he'd have made them an offer they were able to turn down? He wouldn't have let them out the office.

 

[fatpiranha]

It's one thing judging Fergie on the players he brought in but quite another on players he saw train every day. Can anyone think of a quality young player who Fergie was happy to see leave Utd who went on to great things? I can't.

Best I can come up with is Forlan.

 

[MaccSpurs]

Ah but are you telling me that had he correctly judged Bale or Gazza he'd have made them an offer they were able to turn down? He wouldn't have let them out the office.

He had correctly judged them. He wanted both players but for different reasons they both rejected the chance to join him.

This I thought was common knowledge....

However....

Bale
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...chester-United-manager-Sir-Alex-Ferguson.html

"Man United were interested in me but I wanted to play first-team football. I thought I had a better chance of getting that at Tottenham. The manager at the time, Martin Jol, told me he wanted me to go straight into the first team."

- Bale | Source: Match of the Day magazine

Gazza
Ferguson has confessed that missing out on Gascoigne in 1988 is the biggest regret of his career, while Gazza adds his own tragedy to the tale by admitting it's his too.

Gascoigne was 21 and identified as one of the greatest talents of his generation.

Ferguson recalled: 'We spoke to him the night before I went on holiday. He says 'Go and enjoy yourself Mr Ferguson, I'll be signing for Manchester United'.

'So I went on my holidays but Martin Edwards (then chairman) rang and said 'I've got some bad news - he signed for Tottenham. They bought a house for his mother and father in the north east and that swung it'.

'I think it was a bad mistake, and Paul admits it.'

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2015219/Paul-Gascoigne-Alan-Shearer-

 

[NHAndy]

It's one thing judging Fergie on the players he brought in but quite another on players he saw train every day. Can anyone think of a quality young player who Fergie was happy to see leave Utd who went on to great things? I can't.

Best I can come up with is Forlan.

That can be said about most managers with Premier League clubs, though. They're typically not happy to let go of "quality young players" easily.

 

[bat-chain]

I still don't see how refusing to offer Bale enough assurances on first team football equates to judging him correctly in light of what he became, it's a huge balls up. I bet he wishes he had done.